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(March 18, 2002) Energy Probe’s comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment Gudelines for the proposal Point Lepreau Solid Radioactive Waste Modifications. Continue reading →

(March 14, 2002) The old Ontario Hydro was an epic disaster. Electricity bills in the province are about 35 per cent higher than they should be because consumers were forced to pick up the tab for $21-billion in liabilities that the Crown-owned utility could not pay off. The good news is that Ontario is unlikely to see a report of the financial horror story. Continue reading →

(March 8, 2002) A two-year power rate freeze has ended as New Brunswickers are being hit with a three per cent hike in their power bill on April 1, and the increases may not stop there. Continue reading →

(March 6, 2002) Electricity customers in New Brunswick and PEI face rate hikes possibly as high as 30 per cent to cover costs at the toubled Point Lepreau Candu nuclear power station unless NB Power gets permission from the provincial Public Utilities Board (PUB) and the government to invest $845 million to extend the reactor’s life expectancy. Continue reading →

(March 4, 2002) Ontario Hydro had to kiss $410 million goodbye, thanks to a deal like the one that Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. is offering New Brunswick. Continue reading →

(February 28, 2002) Lepreau the sequel will not go into cost overruns, like the original project, according to plams released by NB Power Monday. Continue reading →

(February 27, 2002) Environmentalists are divided on whether NB Power should rebuilt its nuclear power station at Point Lepreau. Continue reading →